Proofpoint, Inc.

Proofpoint, Inc.
Company typePrivate
Nasdaq: PFPT
IndustrySecurity software
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
FounderEric Hahn
Headquarters,
U.S.
Number of locations
Offices worldwide: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States (California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia)[1]
Key people
Sumit Dhawan (CEO)
Marcel DePaolis (CTO)
Rémi Thomas (CFO)
ProductsIdentity threat defense
Email filtering
Email privacy
Email encryption
Email archiving
Anti-spam techniques
Electronic discovery
Data loss prevention software
RevenueIncrease US$1.050 billion (2020)[2]
Increase –US$95.196 million (2020)[2]
Decrease –US$163.809 million (2020)[2]
Total assetsIncrease US$2.498 billion (2020)[2]
Total equityDecrease US$441.744 million (2020)[2]
OwnerThoma Bravo
Number of employees
3,658 (2020)[2]
Websitewww.proofpoint.com Edit this at Wikidata
Proofpoint office in Toronto

Proofpoint, Inc. is an American enterprise cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California that provides software as a service and products for email security, identity threat defense, data loss prevention, electronic discovery, and email archiving.

In 2021, Proofpoint was acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $12.3 billion.[3]

  1. ^ "Office Locations". Proofpoint. August 30, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Proofpoint, Inc. 2020 Annual Report" (PDF). Proofpoint.com. December 31, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  3. ^ "Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Proofpoint" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. August 31, 2021.